Cessna 150 N60563

Summary

On 26 October 1985 at about 19:15 local time, a Cessna 150 registered N60563 was involved in an accident near Freeport, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

26 October 1985 at 19:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Freeport, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

McVille (G06)

Coordinates

40.7498, -79.5794

Aircraft

Cessna 150

Registration

N60563

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Perry → Angola

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC86LA021

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE STU PLT DEPARTED WITH 10.5 GALS OF FUEL FOR A 48 MILE X-COUNTRY FLT. WHILE EN ROUTE THE PLT BECAME LOST. APRX 10 MINUTES OF FUEL REMAINED WHEN THE PLT SPOTTED A ARPT. SHE ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT THE ARPT. DURING THE APCH TO THE RWY SHE MADE A GO AROUND WHEN SHE SAW AN ACFT ON THE RWY. THE ENG STOPPED DURING THE GO AROUND BUT WAS RESTARTED. THE PLT TURNED TOWARD THE ARPT. THE ENG STOPPED AGAIN. THE PLT RAISED THE NOSE LEVEL TO STALL THE ACFT. AFTERWARDS THE ACFT LANDED ON TOP OF TREES AND THEN FELL TO THE GROUND. THE ACCIDENT SITE IS ABOUT 140 MILES SOUTH OF THE INTENDED DESTINATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.